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Professor Publishes Chapter Highlighting Identity Themes Portrayed in Diasporic Films

Assistant professor Rekha Sharma, Ph.D., published a chapter in the book, South Asian Diasporic Cinema and Theatre: Re-visiting Screen and Stage in the New Millennium.   The book contains 17 critical essays by Indian, European, Indo-Scottish and Indo-American scholars that affirm heterogeneit鈥

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Two professors from Utah State University will give a guest lecture about parent-child relationships.

Researchers Focus on Parent-Child Relationships in Upcoming Lecture on Family Communication

The 麻豆精选 School of Communication Studies will host a research colloquium on Monday, Feb. 26 titled, 鈥淒ifficult Communication and Communicating Difficulty: A Multi-Paradigmatic Approach to Studying Family Relationships.鈥 In Rm. 241 MACC Annex, the hour-long colloquium will feat鈥

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"We're Killing Our Lakes and Oceans": 麻豆精选Geology Professor Co-Authors Op-Ed Essay

Joseph D. Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the department of geology at 麻豆精选 recently co-authored an op-ed essay for Undark.org with his colleague Eelco J. Rohling, a professor of ocean and climate change at the Australian National University in Canberra, and鈥

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"We're Killing Our Lakes and Oceans": 麻豆精选Geology Professor Co-Authors Op-Ed Essay

Joseph D. Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the department of geology at 麻豆精选 recently co-authored an op-ed essay for Undark.org with his colleague Eelco J. Rohling, a professor of ocean and climate change at the Australian National University in Canberra, and鈥

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麻豆精选researchers are awarded a patent for the next generation of the therapy cycle known as the SMART Cycle, for Speed Manipulated Adaptive Rehabilitation Therapy.

麻豆精选 Professor Receives Patent for New Cycle to Help Parkinson鈥檚 Sufferers

Anne Heller鈥檚 face was getting red as she pedaled the stationary bike. The 59-year-old Cuyahoga Falls resident had agreed to take part in experiments at 麻豆精选 using a bike developed by researcher Angela Ridgel, Ph.D., in Kent State's College of Education, Health and Human Services, 鈥

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麻豆精选Researcher Exposes MRSA Risk at Northeast Ohio Beaches

Beachgoers know there is always some risk of disease, but a recent study by a 麻豆精选 researcher shows they may not be aware of all the dangers the beach poses.   In November, Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., a professor of epidemiology in Kent State鈥檚 College of Public Health, published t鈥

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Two chimpanzees are pictured sitting in the grass. A recent study co-authored by researchers at 麻豆精选 looks at the differences of human brains compared to the brains of other primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and monkeys.

麻豆精选Research Group Publishes Analysis of Primate Brains in Top Science Journal

How different are human brains compared to the brains of other primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and monkeys? It鈥檚 one of many important questions that scientists have asked for years while pursuing a better understanding of human evolution. Researchers in 麻豆精选鈥檚 College of 鈥

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Alumni Profile: Rich Breiner, Ph.D. '80

Toastmasters three-time world champion of public speaking and 麻豆精选 alumnus Rich Breiner, Ph.D., 鈥80, visited campus recently for the first time since graduation nearly 40 years ago. School of Communication Studies (COMM) marketing assistant Mikala Lugen sat down with Breiner to t鈥

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麻豆精选鈥檚 Adam Jajtner, Ph.D., and Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., stand in their research lab. The two exercise science/physiology faculty members will lead a study related to the use of probiotics and physical exercise.

麻豆精选Exercise Science/Physiology Faculty Awarded Grant to Study Probiotics and Exercise

麻豆精选鈥檚 Exercise Science/Physiology Program was awarded a $248,000 grant by i-Health Inc. to conduct a study relating to the use of probiotics and physical exercise. 麻豆精选faculty and students are interested in combating heat-caused complications during exercise, such as heat st鈥

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Myths about vaccines are causing a decline in confidence, but not necessarily in rates of vaccination

麻豆精选Researcher Examines Vaccine Rejection and Hesitancy, Discusses Ways to More Actively Promote Vaccination

The center of a public health debate is whether parents should have their children vaccinated. Tara Smith, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology at 麻豆精选鈥檚 College of Public Health, challenges statements made by influential individuals who oppose the widespread use of vaccines, and she ca鈥

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